Surveillance

Surveillance is the systematic observation and monitoring of a person, population, or location, with the purpose of information-gathering, influencing, managing, or directing. It is widely used by governments for a variety of reasons, such as law enforcement, national security, and information awareness. It can also be used as a tactic by persons who are not working on behalf of a government, by criminal organizations to plan and commit crimes, and by businesses to gather intelligence on criminals, their competitors, suppliers or customers.

Extends: Surveillance, [Crime prevention](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Crime prevention), [Espionage techniques](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Espionage techniques), [Law enforcement](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Law enforcement), [Law enforcement techniques](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Law enforcement techniques)